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C25 Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense
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1-0
Checkmate, White is victorious
FEN
[Event "Wilhelm Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FnBA8l5S"] [Date "2020.08.01"] [Round "-"] [White "FRoman"] [Black "GabrielStratila"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.08.01"] [UTCTime "16:49:04"] [WhiteElo "1702"] [BlackElo "1344"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C25"] [Opening "Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 { C25 Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense } 3. d3 Qf6 4. Nf3 Nh6 5. Bg5 Qe6 6. Nb5 Nc6 7. Nxc7+ Kf8 8. Nxe6+ dxe6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Be2 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Rb1 a5 13. Qd2 b6 14. Qxh6+ Ke8 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. Qxh7 Ra6 17. c3 Bc5 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Rc1 Bc5 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. Qh4+ f6 24. Qh7+ Rf7 25. Qh8 Bb4+ 26. Rd2 Bc5 27. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0